FRATERNAL SOCIETIESTRIBE OF BEN HUR

l,o» Angelescourt,, No. ! 13, isth o \u25a0-.- newestbaby in th oBen-Httr familyin . California.but in \u25a0 a husky

Infant ,It wasformally insti-tuted and itsofficers *in-stalled by : Su-premo ChiefOcr ar d \u25a0 last

Wednesday evening. The < followingcorps of officers will serve for the bal-ance, of the current term: Past, chief.('. C. Te«gles; chief, H. 8. Vreeland;Judge, A. D. Davenport; teacher, Mrs.M. Koppln; scribe, M. A. Koppln;

keeper of tribute. Mrs. M. A. Teaßle;captain,. J. S. Kelly, guide, W. A. Sal-isbury; keeper of Inner pate, Mrs. OraM. Strlckler; keeper of outer Kate.George Vreeland; musician, Mrs. EthelCllnkenbeard;; medical examiner, Dr.H. K. Emerson; trustees, Messrs, Ort-man, DoLoo and Striokler.

The degree staff of Rimonlden court,

No. 4, conferred the full Initiatory cer-emonies on a clans of twenty-five be-for? the installation. The new courtpromises to he, in the roll of honor withmore than 100 members before the endof March and with the class of mem-ber* and the ' corps of.officers with•which the start Is made it Is no Idleboast. The court is singularly fortu-nate in \u25a0 securing Mr. Vreeland forchief. He became a member of theorder a few weeks after the founding

of the supremo tribe in 1894 and hasbeen a most loyal and active memberover since. Ho was a member of the

famous Ben-Hur court No, IB of FortWayne. Ind., until he transferred to

the new court here, and was for manyyears its chief. It was under his mas-terly leadership that that court forgedahead until Its fight for first place lr.the order's big courts was assured.

As all who are posted know, a lead-er who can -, preserve order and har-mony at the same time is rarely gifted,and this is the gift of Mr. Vreeland to

a high degree. He has been a lifetimefriend of the supreme chief, Hon. p.W. Gerard, who deviated from theregular Installation ritual to pay a

high tribute to Mr. Vreeland's skill andability. The corps of officers which is

to assist him Is as competent andloyal as could be wished for and re-sults are certal.i., > , •'.

Supreme Chief Gerard, Mrs. Gerard,L, L. Hill, formerly district manager

of Toledo (Ohio) district, and Mrs.Hill; C. H. Lewis, candidate for su-preme representative for Californiaand scribe of Simooides court, No. 4;

T D Huff, manager for Southern Cali-fornia, and Mesdames Burr and Gressof Simonides court paid the court atWhlttler a visit on Monday evening

last The court held an open meetingand a number of visitors were presentto hear Mr. Gerard speak.

Slmonldes court acted on fourteenapplications last Tuesday evening andInitiated seventeen with the full formInitiation. The membership contest isproving a winner and the membersare becoming more interested everyday.

The Tribe of Ben-Hur Is just four-teen y»*r» old today (March 1). andlias achieved a record hard to beat andI which any order might be proua.

\ han ovor 100,000 members and morethdn $1,000,000 available assets and haspaid beneficiaries of deceased mem-bers $6,500,000.

There will be a birthday party atthe Adama and Cer.tral hall nextWednesday In which both Simonidesand Los Angeles court will participate.All members of the order are invitedto attend. \

Supreme Chief Gerard will pay avisit to the courts In the vicinity ofBan Francisco In a few days. He ex-pects to leave the latter part of theweek, but will be gone only a shorttime and will return to Los Angeles.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OFODD FELLOWS

. Grand Patriarch P. E.Pierce Is on an ' officialvisit of the order in thenorthern part of the state.

U< Orange Grove encampment will con-fer the royal purple degree next Fri-day night.

fl Over forty candidates havo appliedfor membership in the encampment to

ibe i organized \u25a0 March 14. , Information\u25a0will be given regarding the encamp-ment by I George Alexander,. 721 WestJefferson street.'' •\u25a0 « %a* Golden Rule "lodge, will confer theInitiatory degree' Monday night.' Semi-Tropic lodge will initiate twocandidates at 'its meeting next: Tues-day night. • \u25a0 "-"^teW

Los - Angeles ' lodge will confer the.initiatory degree next "Wednesdaynight. \u25a0•:-' -\u0084- ...-'\u25a0 '•-.,".

Goodwill lodge will give instructionsin thai third degree next Thursdaynight. \

FREE AND ACCEPTEDMASONS

The membors of Esparanzachapter, O. E. L., gathered atthe homo of tho D. D. W. O.M., Sister Rosa J. Burns, onPexter avenue, Tuesday night,

completely surprlsliiß her, and in be-half of the chapter Worthy Patron T.A. McNeal, In a few well chosen words,presented her with a beautiful brace-let as an expression of their apprecia-tion of her splendid work in the order.

Light refreshments were served andall present enjoyed the evening.

SONS OF ST. GEORGE

One of the trustees, a charter mem-ber and the district deputy, membersof Royal Oak lodge, visited PasadenaFriday night and attended a receptiongiven by Alexandria lodge In honor ofSupreme Secretary Williams of theSons of Saint George, the Illustriousrepresentative of the order. Aboutthirty members of Alexandria lodgewere present and listened 'with pro-found attention to the eloquent re-marks of the supreme secretary, whopointed out to them the various utili-ties Of various members of lodges) andhow ay working together would ad-vance the cause of fraternity. Hestated that he did not look for theSons of Saint George to be ever verystrong numerically, in comparison toother great fraternities, but Unit thebond of nationality, all being English-men or the sons thereof, produced aunion that was matchless for harmonyand the good fraternal work for whichthe organization was noted. BrotherCooper, the district representative ofthe California grand lodge, made v fewchoice remarks, complimenting thespeech by the secretary as well asthe work done that evening by thelodge, which initiated a candidate, oneof the sons of the local prelate. Eng-lish refreshments were served to themembers and English songs sung, allof which »vas greatly enjoyed. Theaffatr was a memorable one in the his-tory of the lodge, and created a mostfavorable Impression

FRATERNALBROTHERHOOD '

An '.enjoyable, eveningi, ij/kiiffw.,,, Vilß spent by the members

m}r iinil friends Who attendedSjjL jfv^ tin! Leap Yeß.r dancegEWJg? Riven by Royal California, IfTSMMBI^ No. 4!)0, T. V. 8., Wodncs- !

day night. , The . ladles !know how to take ad- i

vantage of the opportunities offeredon \u25a0• occasions of this kind »nd mademerry mini the "wee sma'" hours. '

\u25a0 Next Wednesday night the lodge willgive a < "millinery" party. Now'a thetime to get your Easter bonnet trim- Imcd free of charge. Come, ladles, anil jbring frames arid trimming;:the gen-tlemen do the work free of charge. .

This lodge meets \u25a0 at Griffith andWashington streets at 8:15 p. in.

Laurington lod^e No. 600 continues jto have large, Interesting meetings. ]

The now bylaw* were submitted andaccepted, last Wednesday night, after Ian interesting discussion. I

A financial committee was elected— |Air. Hood and Mr. Neet. \u25a0 i

The lodge's new escort team will be 1

ready to ineel nil contesting teams in \u25a0

a few weeks. 'Wednesday, March 4, Hits lodge willhave a pure-food banquet.

Something doing at every meeting.

The Fraternal Brotherhood lodges ofLos Angeles have been Invited to takepart In the festivities attendant uponthe stay i>f the Atlantic fleol in LosAngeles, and In compliance with theInvitation a delegation of 400 ladles of,the soclnty, Pdch lodge furnishing itsproportion, hns agreed to anslst in theentertainment of the sailor lads of our"navee" on "barbecue day," the thirdday of their utay among us. Thisentertainment, like the others, will beat ('hutes park, and it is safe to predfbtthat this California form of entertain-ment will win the laddies, and morethan one will signify a willingness tospend his days In defense of the Pacificcoast. The ladies who compose themembership of the California society—the Fraternal Brotherhood —are everready to respond to any call that willIn any way reflect credit upon the greatand glorious state of California.

Companies No. 2 and No. 4 enteredthe ritualistic contest for the prize of$25 in gold. The contest took place inOak hall of the homo office building,with Commander In Chief Foshay asJudge of letter perfect work, AdvocateGeneral Post Judge of elocutionaryrendition, and Quartermaster GeneralDavis Judge of floor work. The scorestood 88 75-100 per cent for companyNo. 4, and 86 56-100 per cent for com-pany No. 2. At the close of the con-test Commander In Chief Foshay con-gratulated the companies on the effi-ciency of their work, which was farbeyond the expectation of any officerpresent.

Lieutenant General Adolph then tookup the question of the encampment InAugust, particulars of which will begiven later. It Is expected to bo doublothat of last year.

Miss Bessie DeLong, who for over ayear was a member of the bookkeep-ing department in the supreme office,has returned to her home In Virginia.The evening before her departure shewas tendered a farewell party by heroffice associates at the home of Mrs. E.R. Neldlg, supreme vice president.

The open meeting of Hermosa lodgeNo. 32, February 24, was a well at-tended one and was enjoyed to thefullest extent. Tho verdict Is "more ofthat kind."

The cantata given by Los Angeleslodge No. 1 Thursday evening was allthat it gave promise of being. Itbrought out a good crowd that gave ita hearty reception, nnd at its closepronounced it "the best ever."

The leap year ball March 6 under theauspices of La Grande lodge No. 9 willhe for members only and their ladles.A good attendance Is desired In orderto do Justice to the good time planned.

The grand rally and smoker of Feb-ruary 28 proved thfi usual success.

ROYAL HIGHLANDERSFern castle is malting

elaborate arrangementsfor the Leap Year par-ty to be given nextThursday night in Ma-ple hall of the Frater-nal Brotherhood buiid-

lac.Tho fair ladies of the castle will

have charge of the oveut. and anygentleman caught asking a lady todance or without a lady escort will befined. Already the clansmen are prac-ticing on their most engaging smilesand are primping for the event. Theypromise to be a coy lot.

Tho ladles in charge of the event\u25a0re Meadames Agnes Farls, Rose Sny-

der. Minnie Goldsmith, Edith Adklna,Bessie Lowe, Stella Black, Ida Mor-tell and Miss Martha Downing.

At tha last meeting of the castle it\u25a0was decided to have a short programeach Thursday evening following the i

business session. J. Mehin was ap-pointed a committee of one to lookafter the program for the n*xt regularmeeting.

Fern castle is feeling jubilant overthe record It has made. March willmark its second birthday, and duringthat time 200 new members have boenreceived through the efforts of themembers. J. D. Faris has been thoIllustrious protector since the organ-ization and has guided the ship of theorder through the seas without en-countering any storms.

KNIGHTS OF THEPROTECTED ARK

-IjOs Angeles ark.No. 76. held alively sessionTuesday : night.This :, ark is verymuch afloat and ispicking manystragglers'-.'.an dstrangers who are

, wandering. on \u25a0 thehigh seas -of life.

„. , Six applicationswere received and four candidates Ini-tiated into the mysteries of the K. P.A. One of- the lending as well asunique \u25a0 features •of this organizationwhich has - been; formed .' in Denver,Colo., Is \u25a0 the • blue {cross department,which Is not only instructive, but verybeneficial. \u25a0 Mamie M. Bruner is \u25a0: theofficial head, and, :as she Is a faithful,persistent and efficient worker, we canlook for good results from this depart-ment. :" "->%"\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0••'.",\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 "':- :\u25a0'..'

•\u25a0 : There will ibe 'a ;regular course "oflectures * delivered by eminent scholarsand \u25a0 lecturers. "We • would like ourmembership to followthem as cl6sely aspossible.- , - -"\u25a0•'\u25a0\u25a0. --v;';v \u25a0\u25a0"•"'\u25a0',

MODERN NATIONALRESERVE

Loa Angeles council No. \u25a0

20, : M.Angeles council No.N. R., met in regu-

lar session Thursday nightat, . Mammoth : hall ' andtransacted business. Therewere .* four application - formembership and.three can-didates adopted. The at-,

«•--> tendance was good and in-terest .is > s waxing warm. AssistantState iManager J. \u25a0 E. \u25a0 Simons Is keptbusy jthese days I looking after ,the in-terests of the M. N. R. There are sev-eral , good plans being devised to at-tract people to this order, and increasethe fast growing membership. \u25a0 To themembers who have not attended lodgefor some . time we wish ; to insist thatyou drop in , and • say "hello," if only(or a minute. You might learn some-thing to your; interest.

FRATERNAL ORDER OFEAGLES

On March 6 and '. 1908, Los Angelesaerie No. 102, F. O. X., will give abazaar, the proceeds of the same to de-fray the expenses of their degree teamto the state aerie, which meets In Sac-ramento, Cal., May 18, 1908. It is ex-pected that they will go la a special

train, as there are about slxey delegatesfrom Southern California and as ItIs very ilkely that there will be oneor two other aeries send a team fromthis section, and as there will be quitea number of the delegates take theirfamilies there will be no trouble inmaking the required number of faresto secure a special, which will proba-bly leave Los Angeles May 16, alldelegates from oueslde points meetingin Los Angeles. Southern California isvery well represented In the stateaerie, Rex B. Ooodsell of San Ber-nardino being state vice president andwill be advanced to tho state presi-deucy without any opposition. AndJesse R. Shafer, the popular secretary

of Los Angeles aerie. Is one of the statetrustees and will be advanced to theposition of state chaplain, which willput him In line to be advanced throughall the' state chairs, which Is consid-ered quite an honor. Charles Salter,the junior past worthy president ofLos Angeles aerie, is a member of thejudiciary committee, of which SenatorEdw. I. Wolfe of San Francisco aerieNo. 5 is chairman, am. the other mem-bers are Hon. Theodore A. Bell ofNapa aerie No. 161, J. W. Kavanaghof Vallejo aerie No. 71 and Judge Mor-timer Smith of Oakland aerie No. 7.This event is looked forward to withquite a bit of Interest as Los Angelesaerie captured the first prize for thebent degree team at the last state

aerie, which was held at Bakersfteldlast May, mid it is expected that therewill be some ten or twelve teams atSacramento and the boys of 102 areputting in extra time drilling in orderto hold first place, and as several ofthem have declared themselves as goodas already having the first prize intheir hands it is up to them to makegood, hence the bazaar, io which allEagles and their friends are invited.It is expected that Mayor Harper,who Is a member of tho order, willformally open tho bazaar Friday after-noon at 2 o'clock.

UNITED ANCIENT ORDERDRUIDS

Morton Orove No. 62 met In regularsession last Monday and several ap-plications were received and actedupon. This grove Is still working andconferred the Druid's degree in regu-

lar form on two candidates. In fact,

the candidates thought the work toofull and too regular, but their viewswere not allowed to prevail. How-over, they were duly Impressed withthe ritualistic work.

Gloria grove No. 184 held a very In-teresting meeting last Friday eveningand several knotty propositions werediscussed and decided for tho good ofthe grove. The Bard's degree wasconferred .a two candidates and one

application was received and actedupon.

Golden West circle No. 51 held a reg-ular mooting Friday night and disposedof a large amount of business. Twoapplications were received. The cir-cle decided to remove to Mammothhall, 517 South Broadway, and will holdthe next regular meeting there. Thiscircle meets the second and fourth Fri-days of each month.

Magnolia grove No. 97 meets everyMonday in Druids 1 hall. Visiting mem-bers are cordially Invited to come andenjoy a pjeasant evening- with us. Thenova is doing nicely. We are takingIn now members and Intend to keepbusy in the future. "Mossbacks, be-ware!"

Orange grove No. 122 is still doingbusineas at the old stand—you knowwhere, in Druids' hall—every Thurs-day night. There were three candi-dates seeking .ulmlsston. They got Inall right Don't bulieve it? Just askthem. It Is to be hoped that our nextregular meeting will be well attended.There will be an elaborate program,sideshow ana a little vaudeville.Brother H. Gleschen will distribute the•\u25a0sticks" and take everything in sight,Hint give merriment and mirth In ex-ohange. "Watch him do It."

HOTEL GREEN. Pasadena, Cal.,ijnerlcan and European Dlan*

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ELKS PROMISE TO COMETO LOS ANGELES IN 1909

Grand Lodge Intends Breaking Breadwith the "Ninety and Nine."

Boosting CommitteeBusy

Among tlio letters received by Post-

master Motley H. Flint, chairman of

the "boosting QOBunlttM" of the LosAngeles loilgo of the order of lClks, No.99, was one from William D. Ferguson,

secretary of the Syracuse, N. V., lodge.

No. 3, which reads:"Thla lodge is favorably Imprewwu

with the idea uf breaking bread (and

other things) with tlio ninety andnine."

Local Elks appreciated the humorousapplication of the lodge number as wellas the proffered aid in locating tlu>meeting of the grand lodge of Elks inLos Angeles in 1909.

Among other lodges of Elks -whichhave promised Los Angeles their sup-

Dort tor 1909 and tho grand lodgo. arethoso of Tarrington, Conn.. Kearney.

Neb and Bemldji, Minn., all of whichwere heard from by Chairman Flintyesterday.

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